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Topic: Worried by Fingering (Read 2558 times)

Dear allPlease reply asapFirst of all excuse me for my english as i am not a native speakerLet me explain the incident which i involved and worried like any thingI met with a lady in train and started touching and i thought she were ready for sex.I kissed here and suck on her breast then I put finger in to her vagina after some time I took back my fingers and i noticed blood on my fingers and she said that her periods time (mensus) then she hold my penis and started masturbating after some time i also did with my hand ( I am afraid did any chance to contact her mensus blood to my penis while i use my hand which was having her blood) this much was happened and I did not have intercourse.please let me know do i have a risk of having hiv?please help me

You are worrying needlessly. Fingering and masturbation such as you have described are not risks for HIV transmission, even IF the woman was HIV+. HIV is a fragile virus which is not easy to transmit. The activities you have described do not offer the kind of receptive setting it needs in order to be transmitted.

Read our lesson on Transmission which gives you all the basics. There's a link to it in the Welcome thread which opens this sections.

There's no need for concern nor for testing on your part in relation to this incident.

Hi everybodyThanks for the reply AndyBut now The worries as followsafter 3 weeks of this incident I had a sore throat (no swollen lymbs)it gone after one week and now after 8 weeks this sore throat came back.can you tell me any relation this to any HIV infectionI am worried but don't know what to do help pleaseIs ther any chance to get hIV if the vaginal liquid goes through my hand to urethra of my penis? because i masterbate without washing my hand after fingering.please replyplease helpthis sore throat worrying me

Pravi, your symptoms are something for you to discuss with a doctor if they persist. There is absolutely nothing about them which is in any way HIV specific. But that's not surprising since nothing you did during this recent incident put you at risk for HIV transmission.

If you haven't already read our lesson on transmission, please do so now. There's a link to it in the Welcome thread which opens this section. You'll get all the basics there.

I don't see any need for HIV testing nor for any further concern about HIV on your part in relation to this incident. As for the sore throats, that's a very common occurence and as I said previously, talk to your doctor if it is a persistent problem.